Robinson v. State

Crawford, Justice.

Julia Ann Peters, the plaintiff in error, was indicted, tried and found guilty of the murder of her infant child.

She moved for a new trial upon the ground, first: That the verdict was against the evidence, without evidence and because it was contrary to law.

This ground of the motion makes it necesary to examine the testimony, and to ascertain whether the jury have been so unmindful of their oaths, and so regardless of the rights of this defendant as to find a verdict without evi*30dence, and also, to see whether the judge committed error in allowing that verdict to stand by…